Impact of Covid-19 Pandamic in Ecuador
H.J.N.B.PERERA – AS2019485
1.0 About Ecuador
Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.The country’s capital and largest city is Quito..Economically, Ecuador became known for exporting Panama hats century and agricultural products, notably cacao, bananas, and flowers. It is a major exporter of petroleum and an increasingly important tourist destination.
from britannica
1.1 The Placement of Ecuador
- Ecuador has a total area of 283,561 km2 (109,484 sq mi), including the Galápagos Islands. Of this, 276,841 km2 (106,889 sq mi) is land and 6,720 km2 (2,595 sq mi) water. Ecuador is bigger than Uruguay, Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana in South America.
1.2 Climate Condition in Ecudor
- There is great variety in the climate, largely determined by altitude. It is mild year-round in the mountain valleys, with a humid subtropical climate in coastal areas and rainforest in lowlands. The Pacific coastal area has a tropical climate with a severe rainy season. The climate in the Andean highlands is temperate and relatively dry, and the Amazon basin on the eastern side of the mountains shares the climate of other rainforest zones.
1.3 Demographics of Ecudor
17,888,474 (persons)
- In 2021, population for Ecuador was 17.9 million persons. Population of Ecuador increased from 6.43 million persons in 1972 to 17.9 million persons in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 2.11%.
1.4 Health Care System in Ecudor
Ecuador has a comprehensive publicly funded health system and national health insurance. Free medical care is available to all residents regardless of income, and without buying any type of medical insurance. An extensive and proactive program for public health includes actions such as teams of nurses going door-to-door offering influenza vaccines to residents. . In Ecuador, this one year of service is mandatory for professional licensing.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative found that Ecuador fulfilled 92.6% of what it should have for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health concerning children, Ecuador achieved 97.1% of what was expected based on its current income.
2.0 Covid 19 Pandamic in Ecudor
So far, the National Institute for Public Health Research (INSPI) has taken 2,470,170 samples for RT-PCR COVID-19, of which 732,038 are confirmed cases with PCR tests.
This indicator, updated daily, reports the accumulated number of samples taken to carry out the RT-PCR test in authorized laboratories in Ecuador. It should be noted that there may be more than one sample per person during the diagnostic process.
34,533 deaths (confirmed COVID-19) On February 29, 2020, the first case of coronavirus was confirmed. On 03/13/2020 the National COE was activated to coordinate the emergency.
2.1 Exploratory Data Analysis
Above graph showas the confirmed no.of corona patients in Ecuador in daily basis. It shows that no.of confirmed Corona patients has been increasing since mid of 2020 upto mid of 2022 of February, and also first three months of 2022 having more confirmations comparing to other months in the time period with highest 17676 cases. This shows the lack of control of the situation in the end of the 2021 .
Above graph shows the no.of deadth from Corona in Ecuador in daily basis.
Covid 19 data is presented as a daily count of new confirmed infections for the preceding 24 hours. It shows that no.of confirmed Corona patients has been increasing since mid of 2020 upto mid of 2022 of February, and also first three months of 2022 having more confirmations comparing to other months in the time period with highest 17676 cases. This shows the lack of control of the situation in the end of the 2021 .
By removing deaths and recoveries from total cases, we get “currently infected cases” or “active cases”.The number of active cases are on the rise in beginning of 2021, also it was showed a significant decrease from the end of 2021 onwards.
According to figure 5 the number of recovery cases are high compare to no of death and confirmed cases from the middle of 2020 to 2021 . It was identified that the number of confirmed cases showed a significant increase in 2022.The no death counts are with the average range 0-50 acroos the time period. The total summery of confirmed, death and recovery numbers are given below.
| Type | Confirmed | Death | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Summery | 912234.5 | 35695 | 454942 |
Comparison the Covid 19 cases of Ecuador with neighbouring countries
Ecuador shared it’s Land Borders with Brazil, Panama, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile. Brazil, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia have very high population than Ecuador.
Significantly Raising of death cases in first 10 month in 2021
Comparing with the neighbor countries Venezuela & Colombia have more confirmed and recovery counts. There is a significant increase of confirmation counts in every neighbour country in early 2021
Conclusions :-
- Ecuador couldn’t control the spread of the virus in end of the 2021 due to virus grown unexpectedly, but recovering of the patients is bit satisfactory. Active cases graph and Confirmed cases graph almost exactly same by shape but differ from values Comparing to other continents , Ecuador and other neighbour countries have low no of death counts By mid of May Ecuador’s total active cases are way less than Peru’s total active cases
Discussion :-
- The Main Target of this report is get a brief idea about the COVID-19 effect on Ecuador. All the data visualizations and interpretations are done from the given coronavirus data set . In this report we mainly examined about the confirmed,deaths and recovered cases in Ecuador.On confirmed cases there is a negative cases reported. Next we analyzied the data with the effect on neighboring countries such as Peru, Colombia, Brazil ,etc. Finally we can say Ecuador is still a victim of COVID-19 outbreak.
References:-
*https://www.britannica.com/place/Ecuador
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Ecuador
*https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus
*https://www.openstreetmap.org/export#map=6/-3.987/-73.916
*https://knoema.com/atlas/Ecuador/Population
*https://www.salud.gob.ec/actualizacion-de-casos-de-coronavirus-en-ecuador/